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assistantship

[uh-sis-tuh nt-ship]
noun
  1. a form of financial aid awarded to a student studying for a graduate degree at a college or university in which the student assists a professor, usually in academic or laboratory work.
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Origin of assistantship

First recorded in 1690–1700; assistant + -ship
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Examples from the Web for assistantship

Historical Examples

  • I am offered a lectureship here with an ample salary, or an assistantship on equal terms, by Trent.

    The Doctor

    Ralph Connor

  • He had already been almost promised an assistantship to the head of the Educational District.

    The Created Legend

    Feodor Sologub

  • The word came hard as though the fact of an assistantship were at the least distasteful.